Mohsen Sazegara

Yeah. When I was 22 years old, like many younger students on those days, the dominant, you know... Not like in the Shah. He's the rich guy.

Yeah. When I was 22 years old, like many younger students on those days, the dominant, you know... Not like in the Shah. He's the rich guy.

The dominant discourse is leftist, revolutionary, ideological aspect of the world just by some... You know, simple lines you try to draw everything to refuse, for instance, all the Western civilization. We will have a new way in front of the humanity by Islamic regime and blah, blah, blah. But then I was 30 years old.

The dominant discourse is leftist, revolutionary, ideological aspect of the world just by some... You know, simple lines you try to draw everything to refuse, for instance, all the Western civilization. We will have a new way in front of the humanity by Islamic regime and blah, blah, blah. But then I was 30 years old.

this time when I started to reread the books of the founders of revolution, like Khomeini, like Dr. Shariati, actually the teacher of the revolution, and the others, this time I found out that, wow, the problem of this revolution is not accidental. It's essential. It's in the theory of this regime. Essential or... Or intentional? No.

this time when I started to reread the books of the founders of revolution, like Khomeini, like Dr. Shariati, actually the teacher of the revolution, and the others, this time I found out that, wow, the problem of this revolution is not accidental. It's essential. It's in the theory of this regime. Essential or... Or intentional? No.

It's in the theory of this regime, when you are Islamist, when you put yourself in the foot of the, in the shoe of the God, then you can do any crime. Intentionally, you can do any crime. And nothing is, you don't care about human rights. human rights is something that comes from the modern world.

It's in the theory of this regime, when you are Islamist, when you put yourself in the foot of the, in the shoe of the God, then you can do any crime. Intentionally, you can do any crime. And nothing is, you don't care about human rights. human rights is something that comes from the modern world.

The modern people, after John Locke and the other thinkers, gradually people, instead of duties in religion, now the people have rights. But in that type of thinking, I mean Islamism, revolutionary, ideological version of Shiism, there is no room for rights of the people. People should obey the leaders, the religion, the religion that is represented by a person at the top.

The modern people, after John Locke and the other thinkers, gradually people, instead of duties in religion, now the people have rights. But in that type of thinking, I mean Islamism, revolutionary, ideological version of Shiism, there is no room for rights of the people. People should obey the leaders, the religion, the religion that is represented by a person at the top.

So this time, when I found out that, okay, This is something that I don't like it. For this reason, I found out the answer of my question. Why it went wrong? Why it started to kill the people? Why so much brutality? So when I found out the answer that, OK, it goes back to the essence of this revolution,

So this time, when I found out that, okay, This is something that I don't like it. For this reason, I found out the answer of my question. Why it went wrong? Why it started to kill the people? Why so much brutality? So when I found out the answer that, OK, it goes back to the essence of this revolution,

And the people gradually, the brutal people, ruthless people, will take the power, including Khomeini himself. That kind person, religious man, became a monster. So I said to myself that, first of all, I should test my, examine my idea. So I started to study religion. history, because history is the laboratory of social sciences theories.

And the people gradually, the brutal people, ruthless people, will take the power, including Khomeini himself. That kind person, religious man, became a monster. So I said to myself that, first of all, I should test my, examine my idea. So I started to study religion. history, because history is the laboratory of social sciences theories.

Because my major field was mechanical engineering and physics. But I started to study history, and I tested that idea. And I saw that, yes. It has been repeated in other countries and even in Iran. When we ran the country with religious theories, give and take, we had the same results somehow. Or Middle Ages in Europe, when it was the Catholic Church actually running and had power.

Because my major field was mechanical engineering and physics. But I started to study history, and I tested that idea. And I saw that, yes. It has been repeated in other countries and even in Iran. When we ran the country with religious theories, give and take, we had the same results somehow. Or Middle Ages in Europe, when it was the Catholic Church actually running and had power.

On 1988, when the war between Iran and Iraq was finished, and from 1986, I was not in key positions, just advisor to some of my friends that were in the cabinet. But after 1988, I said to myself that, OK, enough is enough. I don't work with this regime anymore in any way.

On 1988, when the war between Iran and Iraq was finished, and from 1986, I was not in key positions, just advisor to some of my friends that were in the cabinet. But after 1988, I said to myself that, OK, enough is enough. I don't work with this regime anymore in any way.

So I left any position, didn't accept any position, and I went to started publishing magazines, newspapers, and starting a publishing company. All of them were shut down, by the way, by the regime. after a while, and gradually they were, I became a tough opposition. I was imprisoned four times totally by the regime.

So I left any position, didn't accept any position, and I went to started publishing magazines, newspapers, and starting a publishing company. All of them were shut down, by the way, by the regime. after a while, and gradually they were, I became a tough opposition. I was imprisoned four times totally by the regime.